經(jīng)典諺語:友誼與自由-A

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
［譯］聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。
A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.
［譯］兄弟未必是朋友，而朋友總是兄弟。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
［譯］知音難覓。
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.
［譯］父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
A free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books.
［譯］一個自由的人除了從書本上獲取知識外，還可以從許多別的來源獲得知識。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
［注解］a friend in need意指“在人家急需幫助時給予幫助的朋友”。同義諺語有：A friend is never known till needed.濟人之難的朋友才是真朋友。（或需要之時方知友；不到需要時，不知友情貴。）
［譯］患難識知己。
A friend is a present which you give yourself.
［譯］朋友是你送給自己的一份禮物。
A friend is a second self.
［注解］self指“自我”，此諺語來自拉丁語。
［譯］朋友是另一個我。
A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.
［譯］交友慢，失友快。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
［譯］濫交友者無朋友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
［譯］沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。
A friend that you buy with presents will be bought from you.
［譯］用禮物“買來”的朋友終會被買走。
A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.
［譯］一本好書，莫逆之交。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
［注解］同義諺語有“You may visit your aunt but not very frequently.”淡交使情誼長久；君子之交淡如水。
［譯］一籬之隔使友誼常青。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
［譯］戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。
A life without a friend is a life without a sun.
［譯］人生在世無朋友，猶如生活無太陽。
A man is known by the company he keeps.
［譯］察其友知其人。
A man should keep his friendship in constant repair.
［譯］只有經(jīng)常“澆灌”，方能保持友誼天長地久。
A man who has friend must show himself friendly.
［譯］與朋友交往，必須友好相處。
A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.
［譯］失友都因借錢起。
A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many.
［譯］朋友千人尚覺少，仇敵一人猶嫌多。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
［譯］疾風知勁草，患難知友情。
A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
［譯］真正的朋友好似兩個身子長著一顆心。
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.
［譯］真正的朋友從不追究你的過錯，也從不妒忌你的成功。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
［注解］admonish警告、告誡。
［譯］在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又要表揚你的朋友。
All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.
［注解］語出Voltaire，法國思想家伏爾泰。
［譯］人世間所有的榮華富貴不如一個好朋友。
Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticism.
［譯］動物是極易相處的朋友，它們從來不提問，也從不會批評。